Chapter 661: The Story of Finding Medicine
In order to avoid mistaking people with similar appearances, Hu Xianxian extended his aura to probe the aura of the person who was suspected to be a big bull, it was really a big bull!
She didn't hesitate anymore, took out the usual cloth dress from her sleeve and changed it, and slowly walked to the camp after getting down from the tree.
"Can I rest with you?"
She looked down and asked, and when they heard it, they all looked at her with a little fear on their faces.
Although this is not the depths of the snow-capped mountains, there are often legends of monsters coming out to confuse people, the people who dig mountain goods and collect medicine are not playboys, and a beautiful girl suddenly appears in the barren mountains and mountains, and the first thing that makes them think of is the monster.
They were silent, and they were full of vigilance, which made Hu Xianxian cry and laugh, so he stopped pretending to be Sven, and asked directly at Da Niu: "Brother Da Niu, why did you come to Lingshan?" ”
"Huh? What......" Da Niu heard his name and saw her raise her head, so he shouted in surprise, "Miss?" Hey, it scared us, it was you......"
Da Niu hurriedly got up and let Hu Xianxian sit on the big stone by the bonfire, and introduced Hu Xianxian to everyone.
When everyone heard that she was Concubine Fuhui, they just greeted her respectfully and did their own thing.
As long as they are sure that Hu Xianxian is not a threat to them, it doesn't matter what Hu Xianxian's identity is, they haven't thought about what they want to beg, and they won't deliberately stammer anyone, this may be "no desire is rigid".
There was no fruit in the mountains during the summer, and most of the mushrooms they picked were sold in the city, barely enough to buy rice and food to make ends meet. If the people who collect the mushrooms sell them to the capital, the mushrooms will be mountain treasures, and the price will rise dozens or hundreds of times.
One of them picked a deer antler mushroom, which is considered a mushroom of deer antler velvet, and the price is very high, and he is happily cleaning it up.
When he saw that the big cow had picked the least amount of mountain goods, he wanted to give some to the big cow, saying that he had half a bag of deer antler mushrooms enough to eat and drink for a month.
Don't say no, let him sell more money, so that he can marry a wife in the future.
"What do you do with a wife? I want to live a few more years......" The man smiled bitterly and limped over to the big cow, insisting on giving his mountain goods to the big cow.
What this person said was a little strange, and Hu Xianxian couldn't help but look at him a few more times.
He and Da Niu pushed again, and finally he said fiercely: "If you don't get more money, why don't you live in Lingshan?" How can I go to the top of the snowy mountain to find the condensed ice jade to marry Sanhua? If you don't listen, I won't let you follow us!" ”
Hu Xianxian knew that Da Niu's family background was not good, and he thought that he came to pick mountain goods because of the low salary in Yingxian Pavilion, but he didn't expect it to be for Sanhua, and he didn't expect that they would also find condensed ice jade.
"What are you talking about? Let me elaborate on this. Hu Xianxian interrupted their argument and demanded in a cold voice.
The big cow snorted, as if he was embarrassed to say, and the lame man said on his behalf: "Sanhua Niang forced Sanhua to marry someone as a little wife, that guy has several wives, but he has no son, and a fortune teller said that he had to marry an ugly girl to have a son, so he looked at Sanhua." Da Niu didn't allow Sanhua to marry, and Sanhua said that if Da Niu found the condensed ice jade, he wouldn't marry. ”
"What? Sanhua wants a big cow to find clotted ice jade? Hu Xianxian was stunned and asked, the condensed ice jade is a miraculous thing, and it is difficult to find it by himself, how can the big cow find it?
Da Niu sighed a few times and slowly explained things more clearly. Sanhua Niang felt that it was easy for someone to marry Sanhua, and if she really gave birth to a son, she would be happy, and Sanhua also felt that she could only do this in her life, and she did not object to her parents' arrangement.
But Da Niu wanted her to live better, so he stopped it. Sanhua heard that condensed ice jade can make people look beautiful, so she said that if you find this thing to make yourself beautiful, you can not marry the person who is looking for an ugly girl's son.
Sanhua asked Da Niu to find it, but in fact, he just said it angrily, and wanted him to retreat from the difficulty, but who knew that Da Niu really came to Lingshan.
Being able to come to Lingshan is also a coincidence. The lame eldest brother's surname is Zhou, and they all call him Zhou Lao Wu, who is originally from Lingzhou. He went to the border city to make a living for many years, and last year he returned to his hometown Lingzhou with the Mai family caravan, and also sent all the mountain goods he picked into Yingxian Pavilion.
When Zhou Lao Wu delivered the goods, he chatted with the big cow for a few words, chatted speculatively, and drank and talked together. During the conversation, when talking about the past, he mentioned the clotted ice jade, saying that he had picked it.
In May, as soon as Sanhua's incident came out, Da Niu thought of Zhou Lao Wu, and it took more than a month to find him, so they picked medicine and dug mountain goods together, and looked for clotted ice jade.
After hearing the reason why Da Niu came to Lingshan, Hu Xianxian couldn't help but laugh and said Da Niu: "Brother Da Niu, I can see that you like Sanhua, you should have gone to propose marriage earlier." Sanhua doesn't really want to embarrass you, you should make it clear to her parents, even if you don't have enough money, you can find us to help......"
Da Niu hurriedly waved his hand and said eagerly: "No, no, you don't understand what I mean...... I didn't come here to marry Sanhua...... She was born very good-looking, but she was sick and had pockmarks, I think she can use that ice jade, and her face will be white...... can marry someone she likes. ”
He was looking for Fat Ice Jade just to make Sanhua look better, not that he wanted to marry her? Hu Xianxian looked at Da Niu with wide eyes, and the others were also surprised to look at him.
After a while, Zhou Lao Wu sneered twice, and said with some indignation: "You think about her wholeheartedly, she won't remember your love, and she will treat you as a wronged person." ”
Da Niu lowered his head and said in a low voice: "It doesn't matter if she remembers my feelings or not, as long as she can live well......"
"Don't talk nonsense, I know Sanhua, she's not that kind of person. Also, Brother Da Niu, you should be tough, Sanhua has you in her heart, but you don't dare to look at her twice, she will think that you dislike her. ”
Hu Xianxian hurriedly persuaded her, she knew that Sanhua was inferior to her appearance, and Da Niu was inferior to her family, and both of them wanted each other to find a better person, so they were always lukewarm to each other.
This persuaded Da Niu, but Da Niu didn't hear it, but Zhou Lao Wu scoffed at this statement. He glared at Hu Xianxian twice, and then took a branch to the fire and talked about his past.
Zhou Lao Wu's family has practiced medicine for generations, and when he was eighteen years old, a fisherman's daughter came to treat his illness and promised to marry whoever could cure him. Zhou Laowu's father cured her, saying that he was old and did not need to fulfill his promise.
The parents of the fisherman's daughter said that marrying Zhou Lao Wu could also be regarded as fulfilling her promise. This is a beautiful thing, and Zhou Laowu's father agreed.
Half a year later, a rich son fell in love with the fisherman girl again, and in order to climb the high branches, they regretted their marriage.
Originally, Zhou Lao Wu didn't attach much importance to marriage, but they took the initiative to ask for it at the beginning, but now they regretted it first, and they refused to agree if they were not angry.
Not long after, Zhou Laowu's father, who had healed countless people, couldn't cure his illness and died.
Zhou Laowu's father was forty years old when he was born, and he loved him very much, so he only let him study hard, and did not teach him any medical skills, and the medical hall was closed soon.
Not long after the hospital was closed, Zhou Lao Wu, who was in the most sad and worried stage, heard the news of the fisherman's daughter's marriage again.
Unexpectedly, they didn't agree to withdraw from the marriage, so they still married someone to a rich son.
Several heavy things were added together, and Zhou Lao Wu angrily went to the fisherman's girl's house to make a fuss, but the trouble failed, and he was beaten.
Zhou Lao Wu knew that he couldn't get anything back, so he wanted to stay away from the sad place, and went to the border city with the caravan that purchased medicinal materials.
Although he didn't learn medical skills, he was still quite familiar with medicinal materials since he was a child, and he was soon reused by the master.
After settling down in the border city, the old man saw that he was down-to-earth and diligent, so he told him about his family affairs, and Zhou Lao Wu was also willing to settle down in the border city, so he agreed.
The other girl's family is also in the medicinal herb business, and the relationship with the master is quite good. They often come and go with each other, and they are more aware of each other's situation.
Once, Zhou Laowu's father-in-law asked Zhou Laowu to transfer the goods to him for emergency, and Zhou Laowu wanted to show the old man to do it again.
The prospective father-in-law was in a hurry, and said that he had no need to talk too much about his friendship with the master, and blamed Zhou Lao Wu for being nosy.
Zhou Lao Wu didn't want to offend his father-in-law, so he did it. Afterwards, the prospective father-in-law also replenished the goods, so he didn't think much about it.
More than half a year later, the old man suddenly scolded Zhou Lao Wu angrily. Only then did Zhou Lao Wu know that the prospective father-in-law transferred away were all high-grade products, and all the defective products that came were defective.
This is not the most important thing, the most important thing is that the prospective father-in-law has a bad reputation for the lord everywhere, and the buyer does buy defective products, so many old customers are unwilling to cooperate with the lord anymore.
These are all caused by Zhou Lao Wu's negligence, the master dismissed him, and it was benevolent and righteous to let him compensate for the loss without holding him accountable.
Zhou Lao Wu went to find out his father-in-law's theory, but the prospective father-in-law not only did not admit to using him to do bad things, but also falsely accused him of being shoddy and enriching his own pockets. Not to mention that he didn't look down on his subordinates who cheated on his master and ruined the marriage contract.
I can't say it clearly, I can't argue it, Zhou Lao Wu lost a good job, and his marriage was yellow. What's worse is that the people in the other caravans thought that he was really cheating on his master, and no one was willing to hire him.
In order to make a living, he had to go up to the city and go to the mountains, and made a living by being familiar with medicinal herbs.
A few years later, Zhou Lao Wu met a rich daughter, who was scalded and disfigured by boiling water when she was a child, and never married.
The rich family offered a bounty for condensed ice jade, and Zhou Lao Wu went to see them and said that he didn't want money, just marry his daughter.
said that at the time, he was only deliberately angry because his marriage was unhappy twice, and if people were unwilling, he would not force it. But before the rich man could say anything, his daughter agreed to the condition.
Zhou Lao Wu first made a lot of preparations, analyzing where the condensed ice jade might be, and it was not until June of the following year that he rushed up the mountain on the hottest days and picked the condensed ice jade.
However, when descending the mountain, Zhou Laowu accidentally slipped off the cliff and fell and was seriously injured. He woke up after two days in a coma, almost crawling to a herb picker's camp for help.
The men rescued him and placed him in a small village at the foot of the mountain, and he took out what money he had to ask someone to report to the rich man.
After receiving the letter, Miss Fu personally brought someone to take care of him. Receiving care, he was excited and told where he had hidden the Fat Ice Jade.
didn't want to cause trouble for him again, the daughter of the rich family secretly went to get the condensed ice jade, and after getting what she wanted, how could she marry the poor boy again?
When the rich family came to withdraw from the marriage, Zhou Lao Wu said that he could withdraw from the marriage, but he had to give a lot of money, and he should buy clotted ice jade.
At that time, he gave Zhou Lao Wu a few hundred taels of silver, but at the same time, he also beat Zhou Lao Wu. Old injuries added new injuries, Zhou Lao Wu saved his life, his leg fell disabled, and there was little money left.
"Alas...... I'm really stupid......" Zhou Lao Wu laughed to himself, there was not much grief and anger in his eyes, only a numb sense of helplessness.
Many of his companions had known him for more than ten years, but they never thought that he had these experiences before, and felt sorry for him.
Zhou Lao Wu didn't complain anymore, and turned to Da Niu and said: "After you find the condensed ice jade, you have to hide it, and you can only give it to her when you marry Sanhua and have a child." ”